Star Wars: The Fed Awakens
A short take on the Fed’s recent antics.
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Uber Spends $100 Million to Save its Business Model, But It May Have Just Doomed It
I’ve written before at this august site about how Uber’s business model is to arbitrage state and federal law and replace a monopoly with a different monopoly. They obviously placed a high value on the arbitrage. How high? About $100 million.
Read more...The Zika Virus: Big Moneymaker for Big Pharma?
Some black humor on how a drug company might look at the commercial potential of a Zika treatment.
Read more...The Dirty German Ditty That Got Erdogan So Angry That He Sued
It appears that Erdogan never got the memo: if you are going to be in politics, you need to have a thick skin.
Read more...Chinese Communists and Wacko U.S. Right Want to Save Us from Girlie Men
Real men are evidently an endangered species,. Chinese communists and the American Enterprise Institute are in the vanguard of trying to fix that.
Read more...Private Equity Fun Time
This is both a private equity joke and a test to see if you’ve become buzzword compatible enough to get it.
Read more...Economics Joke Time
An economics joke open thread. Of course, economists might have the presence of mind to retort that economics is too important to be taken seriously.
Read more...The Twelve Days of CalPERS
Will “The Twelve Days of CalPERS ” become a new holiday classic?
Read more...How Much Oil Is Needed To Power Santa’s Sleigh?
The question “What would Santa’s fuel bill for his annual deliveries be?” makes for an interesting case study of problem solving.
Read more...If Only All Reporters Gave News Like This…
If only all reporters had bouts of candor like this…
Read more...Greece Told to Submit Proposal By Thursday, Complete Deal By Sunday, or ECB Shoots Its Banks and Forces Grexit (Updated: Greece Requests Three Year Bailout)
Greece has been given a maximum of five days to come up with a proposal acceptable to its lenders. And “acceptable” would be more stringent than if it had agreed to the memorandum when Syriza assumed office in January
Read more...Dubious FX Broker CWM FX Claims Sports Celebrity Scalps, but Princess Anne Remains Unmolested
The CWM FX fraud bust, a murder, Princess Anne and some groping. It’s BAU in the world of sports sponsorship.
Read more...Bond Star Sir Roger Moore, Three Million Phantom Geese in China, and a New Zealand Financial Services Provider
Bond Star Sir Roger Moore, Three Million Phantom Geese in China, and a New Zealand Financial Services Provider
Read more...The Mitt Romney Connection: How the Scammers Behind Virgin Gold Mining Corporation Bit Off More Than They Could Chew (VII)
… while FBI agents, moved from white collar fraud investigations, help search behind bushes for an Al Qaeda terrorist, hundreds of swindlers roam Utah. – Lynn Packer, utahpoliticalcapitol.com Mitt would make a good Moses. Think about it. – Former Romney campaign official By Richard Smith Let’s start in 2006, with one of The Seattle Times’ […]
Read more...Michael Hudson: T is for Trickle-Down
The latest chapter in Michael Hudson’s Insider’s Economics Dictionary.
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